Statement from the Beacon Center on Passage of Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill: The Beacon Center of Tennessee today commended the unanimous passage of legislation to limit the controversial practice of policing for profit. The Beacon Center has called for several reforms to these laws, which allow...

TNReport.com covers the passage of a bill that restricts the use of Electronic Benefits Transfer cards by welfare recipients. The online news bureau notes Beacon’s role in initiating the reform effort. The legislation came after a report was released last summer by the Beacon Center of Tennessee,...

NASHVILLE – Gov. Bill Haslam announced today that he would not currently seek Tennessee’s participation in a Medicaid expansion as envisioned by President Obama’s signature healthcare law. Instead, Haslam will focus on reforming the entitlement program known in the state as TennCare. The Beacon...

Beacon Director of Policy Trey Moore warns against the consequences – both fiscal and moral – of expanding Medicaid in Tennessee. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Knoxville News Sentinel. by Trey Moore Gov. Bill Haslam recently announced he would decide this month whether...

TN Report offers an interesting analysis of the fallout from Hemlock Semiconducter, which was awarded nearly $300 million in taxpayer handouts before announcing massive layoffs at its Clarksville plant. TN Report gets Beacon Director of Policy Trey Moore’s take on the consequences of corporate...

The Nashville Metro Council is moving toward giving HCA, the nation’s largest hospital operator, a $66 million tax break to move one county over. WSMV, Channel 4 News gets Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s reaction to the handout. Watch the interview here.

One-Pager: Ranking of Tennessee’s Top 50 Cities Full Report: How Business-Friendly Are Tennessee’s Cities?   NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee, the state’s free market think tank, today announced the results of its seventh annual ranking of the state’s 50 most populous...

Beacon CEO Justin Owen chats with Nashville’s NBC affiliate about why so many candidates for state office are taking a stand on per diem payments. “It’s interesting to see so many candidates for office making this a campaign issue,” said Owen. “It’s nice to see them...

NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee today released a policy report outlining several state-led solutions to our nation’s healthcare woes. Over the next few months, Tennessee officials will have to make vital determinations about the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...